The NBA landscape is filled with draft busts. As you might expect, the Knicks, who haven't won a championship since 1973, own more than their share.

So before the Phil Jackson-led team makes its latest selections Thursday night, here's a look back at arguably the worst draft picks in Knicka history:

1. Frederic Weis

Who can forget the 7-foot-2 center from France who was the 15th pick in the 1999 NBA Draft, but never played a game for the Knicks? His selection was booed in Madison Square Garden because Ron Artest, the St. John's star, was still on the board before Chicago grabbed him with next pick. Also out there was Manu Ginobili, who went to San Antonio in the second round (57th pick). Weis played on the Knicks' summer league team, to less than four-star reviews, and he claimed that coach Jeff Van Gundy, who was not in favor of drafting him, gave him the cold shoulder. Van Gundy has denied that. Still, Weis chose to stay in France, rather than sign with the Knicks. The fans got one last look at Weis when Vince Carter performed a monster dunk over him in the 2000 Olympics.

2. Paul Hogue

Paul Hogue (22) in college at Cincinnati against Kansas during the NCAA Midwest regional playoff in Manhattan in 1960.(Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The 6-9 University of Cincinnati star was coming off a Final Four MVP showing when the Knicks made him the second pick of the 1962 draft. His career was over in less than two seasons. He averaged 7.7 points and 8.6 rebounds as a rookie, but was traded to Baltimore six games into the next season. He played only nine games before Baltimore released him. Look at who the Knicks could have had: John Havlicek (No. 7), Chet Walker (No. 12) and Don Nelson (No. 17). And this wasn't the same Knicks administration that made the selection of Weis.

3. Brendan McCann

The point guard from St. Bonaventure was the fifth pick of a 1957 Draft, in which Boston selected Sam Jones, one of the starting guards in its dynasty run, with the eighth selection. That's why the Celtics have so many more championship banners than the Knicks. McCann lasted three seasons in New York, appearing in only 41 games and averaging 1.8 points per game. In his rookie year, he shot 22 percent from the field _ and that's not a typo. Other NBA teams weren't interested when the Knicks released him, so McCann played six seasons with the Allentown Jets of the Eastern League before stints in Spain and Italy.

4. Tom Riker

Tom Riker (6) with the Knicks in a team portrait from the 1972-73 season.(Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The Knicks thought they were drafting Willis Reed's heir apparent when they chose the 6-10 center from South Carolina with the eighth pick in the 1972 draft. Then Riker showed up for training camp overweight and it was all downhill after that. Plus he suffered a devastating loss when his girlfriend was shot and killed in the lobby of his apartment house. Riker played in 82 games in his three seasons as a Knick and averaged 2.7 points per game. Consider who followed Riker in the draft: Paul Westphal (No. 10), Ralph Sampson (No. 11) and Julius Erving (No. 12). Riker, a New York native, never hooked up with another team after the Knicks released him.

5. Eugene Short

The older brother of Purvis Short was the ninth selection of the 1975 draft, but the small forward from Jackson State had a short and uneventful career. In 34 games for the Knicks and Seattle, in less than two seasons, he averaged 2.5 points. And it wasn't like the Knicks didn't have other draft options: Joe Bryant, Kobe's father, was the 14th pick; Ricky Sobers went at 16, and Kevin Grevey was picked at 18. Included in the second-round picks in a pool of exceptional talent were Gus Williams and World B. Free.